What is recorded here

Bord Gáis Éireann cut through Baunreagh for a pipeline and exposed a tiny bowl pit holding charcoal-stained silt. The soil beside it still carries heat marks from an old fire, suggesting someone stood there long enough to burn something meaningful. No object survived to name the owner or the purpose, leaving the pit as a small wound of forgotten human activity.

According to Graham Hull (02E0661) 'this site was examined as part of Bord Gáis Éireann's Pipeline to the West. An isolated bowl-shaped pit, 0.44m in diameter and 0.15m deep, was excavated. The fill was a fine, mid-brown silt with occasional charcoal inclusions. No artefacts were recovered, and it is not possible to date the feature. The presence of fire-oxidised clay to the south-west, however, suggests in situ burning.' This description is posted on the web at the following internet address (accessed 3 August 2012): http://www.excavations.ie/ Compiled by: Denis Power Date of Upload: 3 August 2012

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